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EU hopes to clinch Brexit deal on SundayThe European Union's 27 national ambassadors will try on Thursday to finalize an outline declaration of future ties between the bloc and the United Kingdom ahead of a planned summit on Sunday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:34:18 GMT

EU executive, Britain agree declaration on future ties: EU officialThe European Commission's and Britain's Brexit negotiators have agreed a declaration on the two sides' future ties, an EU official said.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:31:39 GMT

Wife of British academic jailed in UAE says: free my husbandThe wife of a British academic who was jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review the life sentence and free her husband.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:25:04 GMT

Car plows into school children in China, killing fivePolice in northeastern China have detained a driver who plowed a car into a group of children outside a primary school, causing at least five deaths and 18 injuries, state media said on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:13:00 GMT

Turkey's Erdogan may meet Saudi Crown Prince at G20 summit: Erdogan spokesmanTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan may meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to Argentina for the G20 summit, Erdogan's spokesman was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:10:33 GMT

Brazil hosts air combat exercises for 13 air forces including USAF(This version of the story corrects headline and text to 13 countries as UK did not participate)

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:07:18 GMT

EU says transparent, credible investigation into Khashoggi killing not completed yetA transparent and credible investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not yet been completed, Federica Mogherini, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, said on Thursday, after talks with Turkey's foreign minister.

Vietnam protests new building by Beijing in South China SeaChina's construction of a new platform in a remote part of the disputed South China Sea is a serious violation of Vietnam's sovereignty, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:00:27 GMT

More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wagesAbout 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government's refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia's tattered economy.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:48:58 GMT

Swedish Center leader gives up on talks to form governmentThe leader of the center-right Swedish Center party said on Thursday she had thrown in the towel in talks she has led over forming a new government after an election in September left parliament deadlocked.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:46:08 GMT

British police arrest man after makeshift bombs found in London flatBritish police arrested a man on Thursday after two makeshift bombs were found in an unoccupied flat in northwest London but said he did not have links to any terrorist organizations.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:42:18 GMT

Head of Russian spy agency accused of British poison attack diesThe head of Russia's military intelligence agency that the West has blamed for a string of brazen attacks died on Wednesday after "a serious and long illness", the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday, hailing him as a "true son of Russia."

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:27:48 GMT

Iran says five of 12 kidnapped security personnel freedIran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said five of the 12 border guards kidnapped last month by a separatist group on the border with Pakistan had been freed, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:24:20 GMT

'Desperate' low-lying Vanuatu seeks to sue climate change culpritsLow-lying Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies and industrialized countries that use them for their role in creating catastrophic climate change, the foreign minister of the Pacific island nation said on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:22:56 GMT

EU says has strong concerns over detained journalists and academics in TurkeyThe European Union has strong concerns over the large number of journalists and academics who are still being detained in Turkey, the EU's commissioner for candidate countries said on Thursday, after talks with the Turkish foreign minister.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:18:10 GMT

Seven killed in attack on Foraco well site in NigerArmed men killed seven people on Thursday in an attack on French drilling company Foraco's water well site in southeastern Niger, a security and company source said.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:10:27 GMT

At least three schoolchildren killed in bomb blast near Mosul: Iraqi policeAt least three schoolchildren were killed and six people wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, police and medical sources said.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:07:58 GMT

Indian farmers back in Mumbai to demand land rights, loan waiversTens of thousands of farmers from India's western state of Maharashtra marched to the state capital Mumbai on Thursday to demand loan waivers and the transfer of forest lands to villagers who have farmed there for decades.

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:00:40 GMT

PM May made good progress in Brussels: UK health ministerBritain's health minister Matt Hancock said that Prime Minister Theresa May had made good progress in Brussels, where she and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed the outline of Britain's future relations outside the EU.